We have always had a tralier and found it to be one of the most important pieces of camping equipment. Due to recently buying a folding camper and the fact the wife won't let me keep it my £2000 plus erode 163 with every conceivable extra is soon to be for sale if anybody is intresested.
Wow £2000+ for that Erde 163 even with all the extras, seems a lot, my Lider Alicante 2009 which is about the exact same size as the Erde 163, cost just £800 with all the extras!
Of course the Lider, looks like it was built in a Russian tractor factory, whilst the Erde looks as though it was designed by Pininfarini.
Bare trailer is £730. That is without the extension sides that are just shy of £500. The abs lid £400 plus, the load bars another £130. Shock absorbers, rear prop stands, Jockey wheel & spare wheel all separate.
Yep, it can be expensive buying a Trailer, the "Saris DV135 Van Body" that I am looking into works out at £1,750, although it is Braked, and can take 920kg!, and the volume is huge, about 4 x that of my current Trailer.
Francais, will you be able to re-coup some of your outlay by selling the older trailer?
I have already made enquiries about upgrading mine. Trailertek near Portsmouth will do a trade-in and I will be passing on the way to Portsmouth Harbour in the summer.
Obviously a deal is only on the cards if it is suitable. I won't go ahead if I'm offered a rubbish price.
Yep, a friend has said he would give me £500 for my existing Trailer, if I included the 520lt Fiamma UltraBox 3 RoofBox, I would be happy with that, although I would keep the Trailer Tongue Box, as that will be going onto the next Trailer.
Decent trailers are not cheap, we paid around £1500 for ours 12 months ago.
We should have spent that money years ago rather than dithering
You won't know how you managed without one.
Ours is a Saragos, Height extensions and load bars on ABS lid. We are sticking bikes on top this year.
Everything camping related lives in it, the trailer is kept safe and dry in a garage, when camping all the junk that we take is in the trailer and not packed around our ears. It made our journey to Provence a dream!
My advice would be to buy soon - we left it until Easter and the bloke didn't want to do much of a deal, if you can wait I suggest November and you'll be able to knock them down a bit.
Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 13/3/2016
Yep, it can be expensive buying a Trailer, the "Saris DV135 Van Body" that I am looking into works out at £1,750, although it is Braked, and can take 920kg!, and the volume is huge, about 4 x that of my current Trailer.
You are going to end up towing something larger than our caravan
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Topic: Is a trailer a worthwhile investment?
